There are four mature mango trees in the garden of the old weatherboard house that my father rebuilt. My father passed away five years ago. The house and the trees remain. Mango trees are prolific in their production of the sweet, juicy fruit and when they are heavy with ripe fruit, the fruit bats would [...]
About twenty years ago my parents moved from Eden, New South Wales up to the tropical north east of Australia to Hervey Bay. I’ve been coming here every year since then and I’m here now. While I haven’t explored the area that much, having only a bicycle to get around on, I have explored the [...]
The day I went to see this client’s land in County Cavan it was clear to see that the tree to chase after would be ash. Fiona wants part of her small holding to be forest. She wants to enhance the land for birds and other wildlife and she wants to grow at least some [...]
We have inherited these denuded landscapes. We live amongst them and think it’s normal. We have also inherited the very questions that were asked by our ancestors and some of us approach forests in the same manner as people did 200 years and more ago. The slash and burn/clearfell approach. We’re still asking questions of [...]
Seeing these pictures makes me question yet again why we place no value on big trees here, and why we keep cutting down our own forests before they have a chance to mature.
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